November « 2006 « OpenBusiness

OB on BoingBoing, Tim O'Reilly and Elsewhere

Just a quick note - our copyright report seems to make it through the blogosphere quite rapidly. Computers.net has a nice summary and so has boingboing (thanks Cory).

Unrelated, but still nice Tim O'Reilly's top link is to his interview with OB, Continue reading »

30th Nov, 2006
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Release of Report on ‘UK Artists, Copyright and Creative Commons'

The Arts Council England and OpenBusiness.cc announce the release of a report, which represents the results of a six-month study into artists’ attitudes towards copyright, creativity and alternative licensing practises, in particular Creative Commons (CC). Although the number of UK artists Continue reading »

28th Nov, 2006
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MiniBar2

You think about creating the next Last.fm, flickr, or Web 2.0 start up? You think London lacks opportunities to meet up and discuss those ideas?For those who don't have time to attend a full BarCamp, some of us have Continue reading »

28th Nov, 2006
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The Rise of Free Business

While browsing through O'Reilly's blog, who is always spot on, I just came across a brilliant article in the FT under the rather clumsy title 'Why Give Aways are Changing the Rules of Business'. The author in fact writes about what Continue reading »

27th Nov, 2006
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Life is Back in the Valley

This was the message of the ‘Silicon Valley comes to Oxford’-event which I atteended on Behalf of OpenBusiness. November 20th for the sixth time the experiment of getting the visionary entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and the bright academic crowd from Oxford University to Continue reading »

27th Nov, 2006
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New Models for Audio Software

The software business, within the audio market, is governed by the fact that most end-users are musicians. Music's most widespread consumption is that of popular music, which is known to be made by amateurs. This music is practiced mostly within the informality, a Continue reading »

27th Nov, 2006
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iCommons – Cafuné breaking the limits for Open Business models

Over at iCommons they have just released a much nicer version of an earlier article from OpenBusiness.Its about a very cool film project from Brazil innovating film proudction and distribution:- the film was distributed simultanously via cinemas, online and licensed under a Creative Commons license.- the film was released Continue reading »

23rd Nov, 2006
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MiniBar – Thanks For Coming

Tagged with p2p, RoR, web 3.0, or other interwebby memes the first MiniBar took place in the East End'sTruman Brewery. And despite it pouring down 120+ came, drank, discussed, listened and enjoyed themselves. See our FlickrPhoto Set (thanks Jo!).

The variety of discussions Continue reading »

22nd Nov, 2006
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Business do Brasiliero – and no copyright!

Since its party day for OpenBusiness and we are having our first MiniBar this seems an appropriate story: Henrik form the Free Beer crew Continue reading »

17th Nov, 2006
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Interview with Stray Cinema

OpenBusiness talks to Michelle Hughes, project lead for Stray Cinema, an open source film initiative that screens in London, 2008. Stray Cinema is an exploration of the possibilities of the information-sharing age. It aims to become a continuing community that Continue reading »